Harry Potter

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1. A boy wizard and the hero of a series of widely read fantasies by the British author J. K. Rowling. Eleven-year-old Harry, an orphan, discovers his magical powers, and the books chronicle his adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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The first book in the series was published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It was made into a film in 2001.

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Netflix and Paramount are locked in an epic tug-of-war for HBO and Warner Bros. — the historic film factory behind Batman, Harry Potter, Scooby-Doo, “Casablanca” and “The Matrix.”

From Los Angeles Times

Without the HBO Max platform, and the rights to characters like Harry Potter and Batman, it would struggle to compete with Netflix and Walt Disney.

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Without the HBO Max platform, and the rights to characters like Harry Potter and Batman, it would struggle to compete with Netflix and Walt Disney.

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Netflix and Paramount Skydance are trying to buy Warner Bros Discovery, and with it titles such as Harry Potter, Barbie and Game of Thrones.

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She added: "Harry Potter has been done now at various Universal parks, but a new IP like the rumoured James Bond or Lord of the Rings will be unique to the park and bring in a large amount of fans that will want to see these brand new experiences for themselves for the very first time."

From BBC